**GIVEAWAY** Classic Gold Embossing on Black Cardstocks

Happy Wednesday! We have something fun to celebrate today and tomorrow – Altenew is releasing brand new stamps and dies! There are lots of giveaways and great projects for you to check out, so let’s dive into it right away!

These days I’ve been really getting into gold embossing. If you’ve been crafting for a while, you know all of us go through these phases, right? I think I am stuck in “gold emboss everything” phase. So I decided to play along and make a card with simple gold embossing and a black cardstock. Something timeless and classic.

To create today’s project, I used a brand new stamp set from Altenew’s September release. There are so many awesome designs for everyone, I’m sure you will find at least a couple you fall in love with! And to celebrate today’s release, many of designers are participating in this special blog hop. If you came from Sandra’s blog, you are right on track!

Fall always reminds me of comfort and warmth. And cotton is something that symbolizes both to me personally. So for this release, I actually designed the Cotton Comfort stamp set used on this project. It is great for various occasions and you will find it handy when needing to make heartwarming or gratitude-themed cards!

I simply took out a couple of big and small images from the set and randomly stamped the images on the Jet Black Cardstock with an embossing ink. Then, I poured a generous amount of Antique Gold Embossing Powder to heat embossing the background.

I kept the card super simple and didn’t add much of other elements. The sentiment was also heat embossed in gold on the Jet Black Cardstock and then die cut with a rectangular stitched die. I added a few sequins around the sentiment just to bring the attention to the focal point easily.

You can easily mess produce cards using this technique to make holiday cards, thank you cards, and more! I hope anything you choose from this release will bring you some happiness to your crafting – hope you enjoyed the projects I am sharing today!

SUPPLIES

See below for all the products used in today’s project. Click ATN for Altenew, EH for Ellen Hutson, SSS for Simon Says Stamp, or AMZ for Amazon. I participate in several affiliate programs where I get a small commission at no additional cost to you when products are purchased through links I share here. Thank you for your support!

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GIVEAWAY

Altenew is giving away THREE $50 gift certificates to Altenew store! Make sure to visit their blog and leave a comment to win. Giveaway closes on Thursday, October 5th at 11:59pm EST.

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BLOG HOP

I am actually the LAST stop of today’s hop! If you are just starting, you can go to Altenew Card Blog to hop along or simply visit blogs listed below.

Congrats on seeing your ideas come to life with this lovely stamp set being released! I think the cottom images are so pretty and unique, plus the sentiments are wonderful, covering so many occasions. Love the gold embossing on black, it’s one of my favorite things to do as well. Gorgeous card!

There is something timeless about gold and black, so play on! I need to practice my heat embossing. Still always have little bits that I don’t see until I have heat set it, or parts that don’t melt as much as I thought they did which then brush right off! I am starting with sentiment strips, just so I don’t lose the whole card!! Thank you for a job well done. Beyond my current skill level, but inspiring nonetheless!..

I did enjoy your project. It’s very classy. Great job on the stamp design, it’s very unique, and one that could be used for so many occasions, which is what I look for when purchasing stamps. Great job.

I always look forward to what you create Nicole. These blog hops are so fun with a surprise around every corner.
What a nice finale to this current blog hop.
Your card is elegant and yes- I agree, your layout would be good for mass-producing cards and changing out the sentiments or colors to suit the occasion.

This is so beautiful Nicole, you can never go wrong with gold embossing no matter what phase you are going through. I am going through a Copic & water colouring phase as I am determined to learn how. LOL My list has grown a LOT since this release debuted!

Beautiful!! When I first saw saw this stamp and die set I wasn’t sure what I thought about it but after seeing what you and a few others have done with it I actually quite like it!! Your black and gold colour combination is fabulous and your card showcases it beautifully!!